Must say, I’ve been impressed by the quality of reporting of the two Champions League semi-finals by the New York Times (apart from their using the 3rd person singular for verbs associated with the team names). UK papers are often very similar in their reporting style and content, but the NYT has provided a refreshingly different angle.
Addendum
Perhaps there’s an explanation for this. The following morning, BBC Breakfast had on a NYT sports journalist: Rory Smith, English, who’s their “chief soccer correspondent” and based in Manchester…
